Expanding single brackets (Mastery Style) using algebra tiles

A lesson to introduce expanding single brackets.
Algebra tiles are used to model expanding brackets, focusing on forming expressions at the start of the lesson. This would be a good introduction to algebra tiles.

The lesson aims to reveal the structure behind expanding brackets and link to the fact that it is an area model.

1. Do it now on collecting like terms
2. Introdcution/recap to algebra tiles
3. Writing expressions and how we can represent expressions using algbera tiles.
4. Examples of modelling expanding brackets using algebra tiles
5. Multiple choice question
6. A 3 page scaffolded worksheet using a reflect, expect, check style like MrBartonMaths. (Attached as second document)
7. Modelling of examples with negatives
8. Fill in the gaps style activity
9. Reasoning questions, explain the mistake, which one is correct etc.
10. Review questions

Feedback is welcome so I can improve these lessons thank you.
Please check out my other lessons for a similar style.
Check out my expanding brackets bundle or

Following this there are lessons on:

• Expanding quadratics
• Expanding quadratics with a coefficient more than 1.

Thank you